Edward Peter Carville (May 14, 1885 – June 27, 1956) was an American

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. He was the 18th Governor of Nevada and a

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from

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. He was a member of the

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Biography

Carville was born on May 14, 1885, at Mound Valley in

Elko County, Nevada Elko County is a county in the northeastern corner of Nevada, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 53,702. Its county seat is Elko. The county was established on March 5, 1869, from Lander County. Elko County is the fourth ...

. He graduated with a law degree from the

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in 1909. Admitted to the bar in the same year, he established his practice in

Elko, Nevada Elko (Shoshoni: Natakkoa, "Rocks Piled on One Another") is the largest city in and county seat of Elko County, Nevada, United States. With a 2020 population of 20,564, Elko is currently growing at a rate of 0.31% annually and its population has i ...

. He married Irma Marie Callahan on August 29, 1910 and they had three sons, Edward, Richard, and Robert.

Career

Carville was appointed to the position of deputy district attorney and served from 1910 to 1911. He was district attorney for Elko County from 1912 to 1918. He was a district judge of Elko County in 1928. He was a United States Attorney for Nevada between 1934 and 1938. Carville became the Governor of Nevada in 1939 and, reelected in 1942, he served there until his resignation in 1945. During his tenure, World War II, government, and economic issues were addressed. He was appointed on July 24, 1945 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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and served from July 25, 1945 to January 3, 1947. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946 and resumed his practice of law in

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Death

Carville died on June 27, 1956, at the age of 71. He is interred at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.

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